Chapter 60 Caught on the Spot
Gu Yu was extremely troubled by the uninvited ‘guests’ who suddenly showed up.
Especially after Lin Yue Bai also appeared, Gu Yu had to feel lucky that Mengyao Gu had gone out to a party. Otherwise, when the two women met, Mengyao Gu would likely have had another surge of uncontrollable anger.
However, thinking about Da Gou Wang’s fierce wife, Gu Yu felt lucky that Mengyao Gu wasn’t that wild.
Of course, Gu Yu wouldn’t seek other women behind Mengyao Gu’s back… so he had nipped this development in the bud.
“A woman I knew before, nothing major. Brother Shan, please sit in the room for a while, I’ll be right back.”
Now that trouble had come knocking, Gu Yu couldn’t continue to pretend he didn’t know. Especially with Chengfeng Shan looking on with curiosity, Gu Yu couldn’t let Lin Yue Bai shout outside and complicate things further.
A long time ago, Gu Yu had made it clear to Lin Yue Bai that he would not accept her advances, and it was the same now.
Gu Yu found Lin Yue Bai’s persistence very annoying, but thinking that she would be leaving Lian Town tomorrow and returning to the capital, he wasn’t angry and prepared to reject her directly once more.
No matter how many times she came, it was a no.
In fact, Gu Yu originally thought that ancient women were all very shy and reserved. For the men they liked, they would only throw handkerchiefs or directly toss fruits… but he really didn’t expect someone like Lin Yue Bai to so directly confess her feelings.
“Lin Yue Bai, I’ve already told you before. Besides my wife Mengyao Gu, I will never fall for any other woman, so give up!”
“Why, am I not good enough? Apart from being prettier, how is Mengyao Gu better than me? My Bai family has a deep background and can help your future development, but Mengyao Gu is just a hunter’s daughter. What can she give you?”
After Gu Yu opened the door, he didn’t wait for Lin Yue Bai to continue her tearful complaints. Instead, he got straight to the point and clearly expressed his intentions at that moment.
However, upon hearing Gu Yu’s words, Lin Yue Bai immediately became defiant!
Even in terms of appearance, she wouldn’t be inferior to Mengyao Gu. As for family background, the Bai family had been scholarly for generations, and the current Prime Minister in the court was a direct descendant of the Bai family. Wasn’t this background strong enough?
Mengyao Gu was just an orphaned daughter of a hunter, and she also had a younger brother as a burden. If Gu Yu could leave the Gu family, his future would only get better and better.
Secretly thinking these thoughts, Lin Yue Bai’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Gu Yu, wanting him to make a choice at that moment.
Would it be Mengyao Gu, or her.
In the beginning, Lin Yue Bai was merely very annoyed by her family’s pressure to marry. By chance, she met Gu Yu at this time, thinking that even if she got married, she should choose someone she found pleasing. That’s why she became interested in Gu Yu.
After learning that Gu Yu was already married and was even a live-in son-in-law, Lin Yue Bai had actually given up hope. But she wanted to see what Gu Yu’s wife looked like, and whether she was worthy of Gu Yu!
The result was that one look led to trouble.
If Mengyao Gu wasn’t good enough, just some crude village girl from the countryside, Lin Yue Bai would at most have felt sorry for Gu Yu, this beautiful flower, being picked by someone else first. Without nourishment, it would eventually wither.
However, the moment Lin Yue Bai saw Mengyao Gu, she saw that despite her young age, her appearance was even slightly superior to her own.
Furthermore, she didn’t have the roughness of a country bumpkin. When she stood quietly beside Gu Yu, they looked like a perfect match, like a golden couple.
Was this the kind of woman people described as a tigress, a rough woman who went up the mountain to hunt wild boars?
She didn’t look like it at all!
The image of Mengyao Gu described by the villagers was completely different from what Lin Yue Bai saw with her own eyes. This instantly ignited her competitive spirit, thinking that if the competitor was such an excellent woman, she couldn’t easily admit defeat.
And so… Lin Yue Bai began her pursuit.
However, Gu Yu was as heartless as stone. No matter what Lin Yue Bai did, he wouldn’t be moved.
It was as if his heart only belonged to Mengyao Gu, and he would never change his mind.
Damn it, how come I suddenly feel so envious!
Thinking about her past attempts to pursue him, Lin Yue Bai felt bitter, but deep down, she deeply envied Gu Yu’s loyalty to Mengyao Gu. This was something she couldn’t find at all in her Bai family.
Historically, having three wives and four concubines was very common. It was rare for a man to be devoted to only one person; they were practically an endangered species.
Especially for men with power, it was almost nonexistent… women were just playthings and tools for showing off.
“Mengyao Gu is my source of happiness. Without her, I’m not happy. Do you understand what I mean?”
“But if you accept me, I will also bring you happiness!”
“Impossible. I want only one wife for my entire life, or to put it bluntly… my heart is very small. It’s so small that it can only accommodate one person, and the second person can never squeeze in.”
Gu Yu listened to Lin Yue Bai’s words and rolled his eyes speechlessly. He then directly expressed his feelings for Mengyao Gu.
There was no shyness, only seriousness.
As Gu Yu said, his love for Mengyao Gu had already penetrated to his bones.
In this life, she was the only one.
As for anyone else, he wouldn’t even think about it.
“Actually, Lin Yue Bai, you don’t like me. You’re just unwilling to accept it! Think about it, with your prominent family background and beauty, what man can’t you have? Why are you fixated on me? Since we met, my attitude towards you hasn’t been good. Why are you bothering to grovel and make yourself suffer!”
“…”
Gu Yu could see that Lin Yue Bai’s obsession with him did not stem from liking him, but rather from the desire to reclaim a toy that someone else had snatched. No matter what method she used, she wanted to get the toy back.
Although Lin Yue Bai was not without her schemes, to put it bluntly, she was still a sheltered young lady, an accomplished lady of good family. Therefore, her understanding of love was not comprehensive, and it was normal for her to be confused at this time.
After Gu Yu said this, Lin Yue Bai fell silent.
The reason was simple: Lin Yue Bai felt that Gu Yu was right. She did want to compete with Mengyao Gu and not be surpassed by her.
But what is liking?
“Yu, I’m back.”
Just as Gu Yu and Lin Yue Bai were talking, a sudden voice made Gu Yu’s mouth twitch. He thought it was quite a bit embarrassing to be caught by Mengyao Gu herself confessing to her in secret!
Mengyao Gu walked over to Gu Yu with light steps. As she hugged one of his arms, the brilliant smile on her face and the full emotion in her eyes clearly indicated that she had heard Gu Yu’s confession to her.
Especially the phrase “one wife for my entire life” deeply moved Mengyao Gu.
At the same time, Mengyao Gu also secretly resolved that no matter what women appeared in the future, she would trust Gu Yu!
She was so fortunate to have such a good husband!
Upon seeing Mengyao Gu appear before them, Lin Yue Bai, who had been silent, no longer looked like a fighting rooster ready to battle upon seeing Mengyao Gu.
Her dejected appearance now made her look a bit pathetic.
However, Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu wouldn’t offer any words of comfort. They had finally managed to get Lin Yue Bai to give up, and now they couldn’t be of any further help and reignite her hope.
This was also why Gu Yu had rejected her so directly; he didn’t want Lin Yue Bai to harbor any hope of winning him over.
“Sister, Brother-in-law, why are you both standing outside the door!”
Just as the three of them met, Gu Qingheng’s voice also rang out in the courtyard.
He, who had just been sent to fetch sugar water, disappeared from the room upon returning. It was only when Shan Chengfeng mentioned that there were guests that Gu Qingheng came out to see who it was.
Shan Chengfeng also followed Gu Qingheng curiously, wondering what connection that melancholic female voice just now had with Gu Yu.
The Gu family was becoming more and more interesting!
However, just as Gu Qingheng and Shan Chengfeng arrived at the courtyard gate, Gu Qingheng frowned upon seeing Lin Yue Bai, thinking that this woman who was infatuated with his brother-in-law had come again. She was truly a persistent ghost!
Did she really think she could still snatch her brother-in-law away now?
“This… miss… is…?”
Unlike Gu Qingheng’s frown, Shan Chengfeng was stunned the moment he saw Lin Yue Bai!
After that, he couldn’t even speak a complete sentence, stuttering continuously.
Why did this woman resemble his dream lover so much…
After Shan Chengfeng was sent to Lian Town, knowing that he had been abandoned by his family and would not be allowed to access the family’s core industries, Shan Chengfeng had drowned his sorrows in alcohol, feeling that his life would pass by in a daze.
However, as Shan Chengfeng spent his days drunk, he repeatedly dreamt of a woman looking at him. She didn’t speak, but had a sad expression on her face, as if she didn’t want him to continue being decadent.
At first, Shan Chengfeng didn’t pay much attention to it, as it was just a dream and didn’t count for anything.
However, after constantly dreaming of this woman, Shan Chengfeng began to waver.
He was still young, and it was not a big deal even if his family had given up on him.
He didn’t care about the meager business of the Shan family. If he was going to do something, he would do something even greater than the Shan family.
Wasn’t it just becoming an imperial merchant? He could do it alone!
And so, revitalized by a dream, Shan Chengfeng met Gu Yu when he held a tea party in town and bought the recipe for white sugar.
Later, several sales channels based on white sugar were very successful, and he had already started earning a considerable amount of silver, bringing him closer to his goal.
And now, the moment Shan Chengfeng saw Lin Yue Bai and realized that her appearance was very similar to the woman in his dream, he became instantly excited!
“Why do you need to know my name? We don’t know each other.”
However, as Shan Chengfeng became excited, Lin Yue Bai impatiently rolled her eyes at him, thinking that this stuttering man who looked like he had gone mad might be a pervert!
Tsk! Was it really that hard to find a good man!
